Microsoft 365 Announcements

Important Update for Microsoft Forms Users | Microsoft Forms – Data sync to Excel

September 13, 2024

Microsoft Forms now supports a new, more reliable data sync to Microsoft Excel for the web. The old data sync will be replaced on October 20, 2024.  What You Need …

Reminder: U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Protocol coming September 30, 2024

September 12, 2024

Date: September 12, 2024 To: ACE-IT, EITU, MTRC, InfoTech, Broader Channels From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  Reminder: U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Protocol coming September …

Scheduled Outage: Changing Shared Mailbox Permissions – August 22 

August 13, 2024

Date: August 13, 2024 To: ACE-IT, EITU, MTRC, InfoTech, Broader Channels From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  Scheduled Outage: Changing Shared Mailbox Permissions – August 22    Dear colleagues,   …

Reminder: U of T Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Protocol coming September 30 

August 12, 2024

Date: August 12, 2024 To: ACE-IT, EITU, MTRC, InfoTech, Broader Channels From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  Reminder: U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Protocol coming September …

VBScripts Deprecation – Timelines and Next Steps

July 25, 2024

Microsoft has announced the deprecation of VBScript, transitioning to more modern scripting languages like JavaScript and PowerShell. This change aims to provide more efficient and secure options for web development …

Microsoft 365 cloud apps transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain

Microsoft announced that their cloud applications are transitioning to the cloud.microsoft domain. This change aims to unify various Microsoft 365 apps and services under a single, cohesive domain, enhancing security, …

Office 365 Connectors (Teams) and M365 Group Connectors (Outlook) Retire

July 18, 2024

Date: July 18, 2024 To: ACE-IT From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  Office 365 Connectors (Teams) and M365 Group Connectors (Outlook) Retire Dear ACE-IT,  Microsoft is retiring the Microsoft …

New L4 SharePoint site template launching soon

June 5, 2024

Date: June 5, 2024 To: InfoTech listserv From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  New L4 SharePoint site template launching soon Dear colleagues,  On Friday, June 7, 2024, the L4 …

U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Policy coming September 16

May 29, 2024

Date: May 29, 2024 To: ACE-IT, EITU, MTRC, InfoTech, Broader Channels From: Enterprise Applications & Solutions Integration Re:  Reminder: U of T 30-day Microsoft Teams Chat Retention Policy coming September …

Channel owners and administrators can now archive channels

May 20, 2024

As per Microsoft latest update, Microsoft Teams channel owners and administrators can now archive channels to avoid any activity on them and can restore if needed. Channel members will not …